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foresto

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /forˈesto/
• Hyphenation: for‧es‧to
• Rhymes:
  -esto
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/esto
• Audio:

  ( file https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Lepticed7-foresto.wav )

Noun

foresto (uncountable, accusative

1. absence
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/absence
   • 1902, Lingvo Internacia,
     page 19
     http://books.google.com/books?id=uA0SAAAAIAAJ&dq=foresto%20%C5%9Di&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q=foresto%20%C5%9Di&f=false
     :

     Por gardi la familion, dum la foresto de la edzo, estas nur maljuna servistino kaj dudekjara servisto.

     To look after the family during the husband's absence, there are only an old maid and a 20-year-old servant.

   • 1915,
     L. L. Zamenhof
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
     (translator), Malnova Testamento, Jesaja 34:16.

     Eĉ unu el ili ne mankos, unu ne sentos foreston de alia.

     Not even one of them will be missing, one will not feel the absence of another.

Synonyms

• forestado
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forestado#Esperanto